Improvement in buckles



E. A. SM|TH"& D. L. SMITH.

Improvement in Buckles.

Patented April 25, 1871.

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Letters Patent No. 114,214, and April 25, 1871,

IMPROVEMENT IN BUCKLES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of theemu.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it, known that we, EARLE A. SMITH and DWIGHT L. SMITH, of Waterbury,in the county 01 New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a newImprovement in Buckles; and we do hereby declare the following, whentaken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the letters ofreference marked thereon,to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawing coustitutes part of this specification,and represents in- Figure 1 a front view with the lever turned up aswhen in use; I

Figure.2, the same, the. lever turned down as for adjustment;

Figure 3, a vertical central section, the parts of the buckle in theposition seen in fig. 2;

Figure 4, a vertical central section, the parts of the buckle in theposition seen in fig. ,1;

Figure 5, a perspective view of the frame; and in Figure 6, aperspective view of the lever from the back side.

This invention relates to an improvement'in that class of bucklescommonly called suspender-buckles, the object being to cheapen theconstruction by making the lever to form the upper part of the buckle.

A is the buckle-frame, denoted in solid black, figs. 3 and 4, and showndetached infig. 5. It is constructed with an opening, a, above which isformed-a jaw, 11, which may be provided with teeth,as shown in thedrawing, or with the edge simply turned over to the front.

- The frame is formedwith ears f to receive the lever B, and pivoted sothat it will turn up or down, asseen in figs. 1 and 2.

The lower edge of the lever is turned over to form a flange,.i, and theopposite edge a of the same bar provided with teeth, or left plain, ifdesired, and hung in such relative position to the frame A that whenturned down, as in figs. 2 and 3, the suspender 0 may be readily passedbetween the lever and frame and through the opening a, as seen in fig.3, and when set to the desired position the lever B is turned up, as infig. 1, against the Suspender, as seen in fig. 4.

The jawi being below the center, and bearing upon the fabric, pressesthe lever hard back against the suspender, andby that means thesuspender against the jaw n on the lever, and jaw 11 on the frame, asseen in fig. 4.

To readjust the suspenuer it is only necessary to turn the lever down,as in fig. 3, and when readjusted to throw the lever up, as in fig, 4.

By thus arranging the lever when thrown up it forms, to all appearancesand; for all practical 'purposes, theupper part of the buckle or frame,as no extension of the frame above the jaw back of the lever isnecessary; hen ce that portion of the frame which is commonly used is bythis construction saved and the adj ustrnent consequently made moresimple.

.The frame is provided with a hook, D, or other means for attaching thesuspender ends.

We claim as our invention- The combination of the frame A and lever B,constructed as herein described, and arranged relatively to each otherto operate in the manner specified.

EARLE A. SMITH. Witnesses: DWIGHT L. SMITH.

F. H. WHEELER, J. J. BRETT.

